Resilient tire.



D. M. KAMPLER. RESlLI ENT TIRE. APPLICATION FILED APR.2. 1915.

1,15%,1 19. PatentedSept. 21, 1915.

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DANIEL EJI. KAIE'EELER, OF NEW YGRK, N.

Y., ASSIG-NOR 0F FOETY-SEVEII AND ONE- HALF GNE-HUNDREDTHS T0 JOSE! ROSENWASSER, QF NEW' YORK, N. Y.

RESILIENT T35R15.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 2331, 19315.

Application filed April 2, 1915. Serial No. 18,647.

To all whom it may concern:

punctured or otherwise damaged during travel.

in the accompanying drawing: Figure l is a view partly in section oi a tire emmy invention; 2 an enlarged ion on line 22, Fig. l, and Fig. 3 a p an or a portion of the tire.

The device consists essentially of an annular casing 10 composed of resilient sheet metal, and having a pair of thin convex sides. The casing is of a diameter to readily encompass the wheel felly 11 to which it is adapted to be secured by a pair of flanged clamp rings 1:: or otherwise. The construction or the casing is such that its top and bottom are made integral with one of its sides, While the other side or cover 13 may be soldered or otherwise connected to the top and bottom. The top of the casing is provided with a plurality of apertures 14 for ventilating purposes.

Within casing 10 is contained a core composed of several windings of a heavy rope 15, the strands of which are formed of hemp and cotton. The rope is so laid asto form a row of inner coils, placed sidewise of each other, row oi intermediate coils encircling the inner coils, and a row of outer coils encircling the intermediate coils. In this way the rope windings will completely fill out the casing and form a resilient core that contacts with the inner walls thereof. The cotton con stituent of the rope imparts to it a desirable degree of elasticity, while the hemp serves to add the necessary strength and consist ency.

Around the casing, there is fitted an endless fiexible strap 16 which is centered upon the casing and is of less width than the latter, so that the casing projects to the right and leftof the strap. Over strap 16 there are fitted a number of spaced shoes 17 which are transversely corrugated as shown, and

are of a width corresponding to that of the casing, so that they extend over the exposed portions of the latter. Bolts 18 passing through the casing and shoes to the right and left of the strap, draw the shoes down at both sides into contact with the casing and thus serve to house the strap betweencasing and shoes.

In assembling the parts, the casing is encompassed by strap 16, the shoes 17 are bolted to the casing, the latter is charged with the filling, and then the cover 13 is closed and soldered in position.

It will be seen that the tire is of superior strength which well adapts it for sustaining heavy weights, and that it nevertheless possesses a high degree or resiliency. So also the reinforcing strap 16 will be sustained in position by the laterally protruding portions of the shoes 17, and their direct connection with the casing, while furthermore by this construction the assemblage of the parts is greatly facilitated.

I claim: p

1. A tire comprising an annular sheet metal casing, means for securing said casing to a Wheel rim, and a flexible filling within the casing, said filling being composed ofa plurality of rope-windings which are arranged in a series of overlying rows, that contact with the inner walls of the casing.

2. A tire comprising an annular sheet metal casing, means for securing said casing to a wheel rim, and a flexible fillingwithin the casing, said filling being formed of a coil of rope the strands of which are composed of hemp and cotton.

3. A tire comprising a casing, a strap surrounding the casing, a series of spaced shoes that project 'sidewise over thestrap, and bolts connecting the shoes to the casing at both sides of the strap.

DANIEL M. KAMPLER.

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